The school was held on the EADS/Astrium premises in Ottobrunn (Munich, Germany) on 31 May-2 June 2010 (see group photo here)
Monday, 31 May: Presentation of EADS/Astrium and visit of the Ottobrunn facilities | ||||
Title | Content | Speaker | Time | Chair |
Welcome session | Welcome by an EADS representative and the ELIXIR network coordinator | R. Maurer / S. Charlot | 14:30 | n/a |
Presentation of EADS/Astrium | Presentation of the EADS/Astrium company and its activities | R. Maurer | 14:45 | n/a |
Visit of the facilities 1/2 | Visit of NIRSpec (group #1) / Visit of Astrium facilities (group #2) | n/a | 15:30 | n/a |
Visit of the facilities 2/2 | Visit of NIRSpec (group #2) / Visit of Astrium facilities (group #1) | n/a | 16:15 | n/a |
End of day #0 | 17:00 | |||
Tuesday, 1 June: JWST mission overview | ||||
Welcome session | Welcome by an EADS representative | R. Maurer | 9:00 | n/a |
Introduction | Welcome by ELIXIR coordinator + presentation of the school objectives | S. Charlot | 9:15 | n/a |
Logistics | Usual miscellaneous logistic announcements | P. Ferruit | 9:30 | n/a |
The JWST mission: (1) Science Objectives | Presentation of the scientific objectives of the JWST mission | M. Clampin | 9:40 | B. Dorner |
Coffee break | 10:40 | |||
The JWST mission: (2) The Observatory and its instruments | Presentation of the scientific objectives of the JWST mission | M. Clampin | 10:55 | B. Dorner |
Lunch | 11:55 | |||
NIRCam | Presentation of the instrument (scientific objectives, expected performances, technical description) | M. Rieke | 13:30 | C. Pacifici |
MIRI | Presentation of the instrument (scientific objectives, expected performances, technical description) | G. Wright | 14:15 | C. Pacifici |
Coffee break | 15:00 | |||
JWST Detectors | Introduction to the JWST detector arrays | G. Rieke | 15:15 | K. Schmidt |
TFI+FGS | Presentation of the instrument (scientific objectives, expected performances, technical description) | J. Hutchings | 16:00 | K. Schmidt |
NIRSpec | Brief overview of the instrument and presentation of its scientific objectives | P. Jakobsen | 16:45 | K. Schmidt |
End of day #1 | 17:15 | |||
Wednesday, 2 June: the NIRSpec instrument | ||||
Introduction | Presentation of the agenda | S. Charlot | 9:00 | n/a |
Logistics | Usual miscellaneous logistic announcements | P. Ferruit | 9:10 | n/a |
The NIRSpec project | NIRSpec throughout the ages (a short history of the NIRSpec project) | P. Jakobsen | 9:20 | M. Mosleh |
NIRSpec | Presentation of the instrument from the technical poing of view | X. Gnata | 9:40 | M. Mosleh |
Coffee break | 10:25 | |||
MSA | Presentation of the micro-shutter arrays | H. Moseley | 10:35 | E. Bellocchi |
Detectors | Presentation of the NIRSpec detectors (including readout strategy) | B. Rauscher | 11:15 | E. Bellocchi |
Lunch | 11:55 | |||
Observing with NIRSpec | Presentation of typical NIRSpec observation strategies and of the associated observation preparation tools | T. Boeker | 13:30 | S. Lorenzoni |
NIRSpec data | Presentation of what NIRSpec data will look like (e.g. output from simulations) | B. Dorner | 14:10 | S. Lorenzoni |
Processing NIRSpec data | Presentation of the NIRSpec data processing and of the associated tools (pipeline) | T. Beck | 14:50 | S. Lorenzoni |
Conclusions | Conclusion of the ELIXIR school | S. Charlot | 15:30 | n/a |
End of ELIXIR school | 15:45 |